| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| NOUN | 1 | cause | Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something |
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| 2 | cause, reason, grounds | A justification for something existing or happening | |
| 3 | cause, campaign, crusade, drive, movement, effort | A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | |
| 4 | cause, causal agent, causal agency | Any entity that causes events to happen | |
| 5 | cause, lawsuit, suit, case, causa | A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | |
| VERB | 1 | cause, do, make | Give rise to |
| 2 | cause, induce, stimulate, have, get, make | Cause to do |
| Sounds | kaa'z; kao'z |
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| Rhymes | baas, Diaz, pas, and 2 more rhymes in aaz at the HyperDic website... |
| applause, clause, Dawes, and 6 more rhymes in aoz at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something. |
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| Examples | "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash" |
| Narrower | antecedent; etiology, aetiology; factor; producer; mutagenesis |
| Broader | origin, origination, inception |
| Verbs | cause; cause |
| Meaning | A justification for something existing or happening. |
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| Examples | "he had no cause to complain" |
| Synonyms | reason, grounds |
| Broader | justification |
| Verbs | cause; cause |
| Meaning | A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. |
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| Examples | "they worked in the cause of world peace" |
| Synonyms | campaign, crusade, drive, movement, effort |
| Narrower | advertising campaign, ad campaign, ad blitz; anti-war movement; consumerism; campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign; ecumenical movement; fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort; feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib; gay liberation movement, gay lib; lost cause; reform; war; youth movement, youth crusade |
| Broader | venture |
| Meaning | Any entity that causes events to happen. |
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| Synonyms | causal agent, causal agency |
| Narrower | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul; agent; nature; supernatural, occult; first cause, prime mover, primum mobile; Destiny, Fate; catalyst; deus ex machina; operator, manipulator; power, force; vital principle, life principle; engine; cause of death, killer; danger; agent |
| Broader | entity |
| Verbs | cause; cause |
| Meaning | A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy. |
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| Synonyms | lawsuit, suit, case, causa |
| Category | law, jurisprudence |
| Narrower | civil suit; class action, class-action suit; countersuit; criminal suit; moot; paternity suit, bastardy proceeding |
| Broader | proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings |
| Meaning | Give rise to. Cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "cause a commotion"; "cause an accident" |
| Synonyms | do, make |
| Narrower | determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate; initiate, pioneer; effect, effectuate, bring about, set up; make; occasion; provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up; engender, breed, spawn; motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite; impel, force; facilitate |
| Broader | make, create |
| Nouns | cause; causation; cause; cause |
| Meaning | Cause to do. Cause to act in a specified manner. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE |
| Model | They cause him to write the letter |
| Synonyms | induce, stimulate, have, get, make |
| Narrower | decide; persuade; bring; solicit; encourage; let; lead; prompt, inspire, instigate; suborn; compel, oblige, obligate |
| Nouns | cause; causation; cause; cause |